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'''Religiosa Amicorum Sodalitas,''' cuius sodales vulgo '''Quackeri'''<ref>"''Quackeri'' secta sunt Protestantium, cui qui nomen dederit, voto se astringit se nunquam bello gerendo consensum praestiturum" (Urquhart 1869:14).</ref> (ex Anglico ''Quakers'' 'Qui Tremunt') appellantur, condita est in [[Anglia]] [[saeculum 17|saeculo septimo decimo]] denominatio [[Christianitas|Christiana]], a male contenti qui denominationes Christianitatis repudiaverunt. . . .
Anno [[1947]] Religiosa Amicorum Sodalitas [[Praemium Nobelianum| Praemium Nobelianum Pacis]] accepit. <!--Historians generally credit [[George Fox]] with being the principal co-founder or most important early leader.<ref>E.g. in [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28194301%2948%3A2%3C293%3ATHOQ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P "Review: [Untitled]"], a review by Arthur J. Mjhf of ''The History of Quakerism'' by Elbert Russell in ''The American Historical Review,'' Vol. 48, No. 2. (Jan., 1943), Mekeel praises the author for casting Fox as the "leader rather than founder" of the movement.</ref> The Society of Friends is counted among the historic [[peace churches]]. Since its beginnings in England, Quakerism has spread to other countries, chiefly [http://quakers.org.au/ Australia], [[Bolivia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala]], [[Kenya]], [[Peru]], and the [[United States]]. The total number of Quakers is relatively small (approximately 350,000 worldwide),<ref name=FriendsCount> [http://fwccworld.org/find_friends/map.shtml FWCC's map of quaker meetings and churches]</ref> although there are places, such as [[Pennsylvania]] (particularly [[Philadelphia, PA|Philadelphia]]); [[Newberg, Oregon]]; [[Greenleaf, Idaho]]; [[Richmond, Indiana]]; [[Birmingham, England]]; and [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] in which Quaker influence is concentrated.
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